Food product and method of manufacture thereof



Patented Feb. 20, 1923.

WILLIAM HORLICK, JR., OF RACIN'E, WISCONSIN.

.FOOD PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HORLIOK,

Jr., a citizen of the U11 resident of Racine,

tate of Wisconsin, hav new and useful Impro Products and Methods Thereof, of which the f0 fication.

of food ited States, and a county of Racine, and

e' invented certain vements in Food of Manufacture llowing is a speci- The invention relates to the manufacture compounds containing milk as one of its ingredients and seeks to provide an improved product and m ture by which the digestibility of rially increased.

ethod of manufackeeping qualities and such compounds are mate- The inventlon consists in the features of improvement hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In accordance with the the mogenized to render it milk employed is first present invention,

thoroughly hoof uniform composition and break or split up the contained or condensed either before or after homogenization.

terial. is preferably reduced to any of the usual metho such as the vacuum drum method.

The liquid extract or Wort is The mixture is then evaporated and powdered form by de now employed, dryer or spray preferably prepared from barley malt and wheat or other flour. For example, a mash is formed of equal parts by weight of barley malt and wheat flour and four to five times as much water at temperature of 135 to 140 F.

The temperature is slow thirty minutes to 150 or 165 F.

perature is retained for 1y raised in about This temtwenty to twentyfive minutes and the temperature is again increased to about 175 ment, the starch is conv F. By this treaterted into maltose Application filed August 27, 1920. Serial No. 406,404.

and dextrine and the insoluble albumcnoids are converted into soluble form.

The wort or liquid extract obtained from the mash is. drawn off and mixed with about an equal quantity of fresh milk, or its equivalent of concentrated or condensed milk, and which has first been thoroughly homogenized by forcing the same under very high pressure through minute orifices or crevices. Any desired flavoring material, such as coffee, cocoa or chocolate may then be added, or, if desired, such ingredients may be employed without the previous addition of the malt wort. The mixture thus formed is then evaporated and is reduced to powdered form.

By first homogenizing the milk, the fat globules are effectively broken up into minute particles, are more readily acted upon by the enzymes in the milk and the casein is thereby more easily digested. Again in the evaporating or drying process, the mients employed, and in this way, a food compound, which has excellent keeping qualities and can be readily assimilated by a weak stomach, is produced.

Obviously, changes may be made in the details set forth Without departure fro-m the essentials of the invention as defined in the claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. The process of manufacturing food compounds which consists in first homogeni'zing milk to effectively break up the contained fat globules, admixing the same with converted starch products and reducing the mixture to powdered form, substantially as described. I

2. The process of manufacturing food compounds which consists in first homogenizing milk to effectively break up the contained fat globules, admixing the homogenized milk with an infusion of converted starch products and evaporating the same to a highly concentrated form, substantially compounds which consists in first homogenizing milk to efi'ectively break up the contained fat globules, admixing the same with an infusion of converted starch products and a suitable flavoring material and reducing the same to powdered form, substantially as described,

l. A compound food product comprising a mixture of homogenized milk, converted starch material and a suitable flavoring material reduced to powdered form, substantially as described.

5. A food composition comprising an intimate mixture of homogenized milk and converted starch material in powdered form.

WM.- HORLICK, JR. 

